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Orbán’s new right-wing group hits EU parliament threshold – Euractiv


Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán’s fledgling political movement attracted enough parties Saturday to achieve recognition from the European Parliament in a boost for his latest ploy to shift Brussels rightwards.

The nationalist leader announced June 30 his intention to form a new EU parliamentary group called “Patriots for Europe”, vowing “a new era” that “will change European politics”.

He made the announcement with the Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) and the centrist ANO of former Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš in Strasbourg, and since then, five more parties said…



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